Office of the Historian

Abbreviations

  • A–A, African and Asian
  • AAUN, American Association for the United Nations
  • ACABQ, Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, United Nations
  • ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • ACDA/DD, Office of the Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • ACDA/IR, Office of the Assistant Director for International Relations, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AES, Adlai E. Stevenson
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AFRTS, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
  • AICBM, anti-intercontinental ballistic missile
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • AmEmbassy, American Embassy
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • ASAF, Asian-African, Asia-Africa
  • AT&T, American Telephone and Telegraph Company
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BMEWS, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
  • BNSP, basic national security policy
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System
  • CCF, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (Canadian political party)
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • CEPT, European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
  • ChiComs, Chinese Communists
  • ChiRep, Chinese representation
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCCARIB, Commander in Chief, Caribbean
  • cirtel, circular telegram
  • comite, committee
  • cmte, committee
  • CORE, Congress on Racial Equality
  • COSPAR, Committee on Space Research
  • CTF, Commander Task Force
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • del, delegation
  • DelOff, delegation officer
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Dept, Department
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council, United Nations
  • EE, Eastern Europe
  • ELDO, European Launcher Development Organization
  • ELINT, electronic intelligence
  • ENDC, Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Conference
  • ERM, Edward R. Murrow
  • ESRO, European Space Research Organization
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • ExtAff, External Affairs
  • FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
  • FAO, Food and Agricultural Organization
  • FCC, Federal Communications Commission
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister, Foreign Ministry
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FR, Federal Register
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FSO, Foreign Service officer
  • FSR, Foreign Service Reserve
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOP, Government of Portugal
  • GOT, Government of Turkey
  • G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
  • GPO, General Post Office, United Kingdom
  • GRC, Government of the Republic of China
  • HEW, Department of Health, Education and Welfare
  • I, Office of the Deputy Director, U.S. Information Agency
  • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IAS, Office of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, U.S. Information Agency
  • IASP, International Atmospheric Science Program
  • IAU, International Astronomical Union
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • ICEM, Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • ICSU, International Council of Scientific Unions
  • ICWRY, International Conference for World Refugee Year
  • IGY, International Geophysical Year
  • ILC, International Law Commission
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • IMG, Informational Media Guaranty
  • IMSP, International Meteorological Service Program
  • IMS, Motion Picture Service, U.S. Information Agency
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/OIA, Office of International Administration, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/OES, Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State; later Office of United Nations Political Affairs
  • IOP, Office of Policy and Plans, U.S. Information Agency
  • IPS, Press and Publications Service, U.S. Information Agency
  • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
  • IRI, Office of Research and Analysis, U.S. Information Agency
  • IRR, Research and Reference Service, U.S. Information Agency
  • IRS, Director of the Information Research Service, U.S. Information Agency
  • ISA, Office of International Scientific Affairs, Department of State
  • IT&T, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
  • ITU, International Telecommunications Union
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • KW, kilowatt
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LA, Latin America or Latin American
  • LDCs, less-developed countries
  • L/SFP, Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional Problems, Department of State
  • L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • M, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MA, Mercury-Atlas
  • memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MOA, Ministry of Aviation (United Kingdom)
  • MODS, Military Orbital Development System
  • MSTS, Military Sea Transport Service
  • NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NACA, National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
  • Narcom, UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NASC, National Aeronautics and Space Council
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NCS, National Communications System
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • Niact, night action; communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NMCC, National Military Command Center
  • NMCS, National Military Command System
  • NGO, non-governmental organization
  • NOA, new obligational authority
  • NRO, National Reconnaissance Office
  • NRP, National Reconnaissance Program NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSF, National Science Foundation
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
  • OM/MS, Office of Management, Department of State
  • ONUC, United Nations Operations in the Congo
  • OST, Office of Science and Technology
  • P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PAG, Personnel Advisory Group
  • PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission
  • PCI, Partito Comunista Italiano (Italian Communist Party )
  • PFIAB, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
  • P.L., Public Law
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • POLAD, political adviser
  • PSAC, President’s Science Advisory Committee
  • PTT, Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones (France)
  • PX, post exchange
  • R&D, research and development
  • RCA, Radio Corporation of America
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • rep, representative
  • res(es), resolution(s)
  • RFE, Radio Free Europe
  • RG, Record Group
  • RIAS, Radio in the American Sector, West Berlin
  • RL, Radio Liberty
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • R–U, Ruanda-Urundi
  • S/AE, Office of the Special Assistant for Atomic Energy and Outer Space, Department of State
  • S/AL, Ambassador at Large
  • SANE, National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy
  • SAR, search and rescue
  • SC, Security Council, United Nations
  • SCA/ORM, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs, Department of State
  • SCAR, Special Committee on Antarctic Research
  • SCI, Office of International Scientific Affairs, Department of State
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secdel, Secretary of State’s delegation
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences to the Department of State
  • SNAP, Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power
  • Sov, Soviet
  • S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
  • SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • SPC, Special Political Committee, United Nations
  • SR, Southern Rhodesia
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/SA, Office of the Science Adviser, Department of State
  • SSR, Soviet Socialist Republic
  • SWA, Southwest Africa
  • SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • TC, Trusteeship Council, United Nations
  • TFX, Tactical fighter, experimental
  • TIAS, Treaties and International Agreements of the United States
  • UAM, Union Africaine et Malagache (African and Malagasy Union)
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UCMJ, Uniform Code of Military Justice
  • U/FW, Special Assistant for Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of State
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation at the United Nations
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNDA, United Nations Development Authority
  • UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force (in the Middle East)
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UNICEF, United Nations Childrens’ Fund
  • UNOC, United Nations Operations in the Congo
  • unodir, unless otherwise directed
  • UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
  • UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Arab Refugees from Palestine
  • UNTS, United Nations Treaty Series
  • UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
  • UNYOM, United Nations Observation Group in Yemen
  • UPU, Universal Postal Union
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USC, United States Code
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USEP, United States Escapee Program
  • USG, United States Government
  • USGADel, United States Delegation to the UN General Assembly
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USNR, U.S. Naval Reserve
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • VIPs, very important persons
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • VUNC, Voice of the UN Command in Korea
  • WE, Western European
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • WMO, World Meteorological Organization
  • WWW, World Weather Watch